How to Use shoulder blade in a Sentence
shoulder blade
noun-
Pat their back across the shoulder blades to burp them.
— Parents Editors, Parents, 23 June 2023 -
Carefully make a cut along the spine, next to the backstrap, down to the front of the shoulder blade.
— Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020 -
Squeeze your shoulder blades and row the right dumbbell to your chest.
— Men's Health, 7 July 2023 -
Squeeze your shoulder blades to drive them back into the bench, and squeeze your abs and glutes.
— Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Retract your shoulder blades and lift both hands off the floor.
— Rozalynn S. Frazier, Health.com, 9 Aug. 2019 -
The refs decided the hit was at Toews’ shoulder blade and not a head shot.
— Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 May 2024 -
Pull back on your shoulder blades and do not let your back arch or round.
— Jenny McCoy, SELF, 23 Oct. 2018 -
Bust: Wrap the measuring tape around the fullest part of your bust across your shoulder blades in the back.
— Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2023 -
Squeeze your glutes and shoulder blades, lifting your legs and arms an inch off the floor.
— Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 7 July 2023 -
Bony areas include the shoulder blades, ankles, and parts of the hips and legs (like the knees and shins).
— Isadora Baum, SELF, 16 Mar. 2019 -
Plank Pro tip: Don’t drop hips, push heels back and sink shoulder blades down.
— Health.com, 18 Dec. 2017 -
The woman had two slashes on the right shoulder blade area.
— Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2017 -
The teenage boy, who had been stabbed in the shoulder blade and back, required surgery, police said.
— Tom Steele, Dallas News, 18 June 2021 -
Pain is usually felt in the back of the head and may involve the neck and between the shoulder blades.
— Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024 -
There is a large bloody hole between his shoulder blade and spine.
— Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024 -
Perform a row by first pulling your shoulder blade back and down.
— Jen Murphy, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2020 -
The back of my skull, my winged shoulder blades, pelvis and heels settled into the wood like points on a map.
— Abigail Rasminsky, Longreads, 8 Jan. 2018 -
Spread shoulder blades wide on back, tighten abs, quads, and glutes, and hold.
— Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023 -
For around 22 hours each day for a year, the children wore the skin patch between their shoulder blades.
— Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023 -
From the nape of my neck, the prickly feeling spread to a point between my shoulder blades.
— Mya Guarnieri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024 -
With the heel of your free hand, give five quick, forceful blows to the baby’s back between the shoulder blades.
— Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023 -
Squeeze your shoulder blades and keep that tension for the entire round.
— Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Squeeze your shoulder blades and keep that tension for the entire round.
— Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 July 2023 -
Keeping a flat back, squeeze shoulder blades and bend elbows, pulling the dumbbells to the sides of your ribs.
— Rozalynn S. Frazier, Health.com, 10 June 2019 -
James plunked Matt Chapman in the shoulder blades with a 95 mph fastball.
— Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2019 -
Push through your elbow and pack that shoulder blade back.
— Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 5 Aug. 2022 -
The woman was shot in her upper arm and shoulder blade, the warrant said.
— Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024 -
One was a heart with wings on her right wrist and the other was a rose with a dagger on her shoulder blade.
— Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2022 -
The heartache didn’t end in 2023 as Sale missed over two months with a stress reaction in his left shoulder blade.
— Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024 -
One shot hit Kevin Hughes in the back, piercing his left shoulder blade, and knocking him off his feet.
— Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
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